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A Matter of Medication Distribution Models

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Luke's University Hospital in eastern Pennsylvania. For years, the hospital employed a cart fill model, supported by automated carousel and robot technology in the central pharmacy. Hospital patients received medications through delivery to server boxes outside their rooms.

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Omnicell and Fresenius Kabi Join Forces to Improve Controlled Substance Management

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Tara Plappert Product Marketing Manager Hospitals and clinics face a significant challenge when dealing with controlled substances. More concerning, on average, it takes about 22 months for a hospital to discover an incident of diversion. And according to the 2019 Drug Diversion Digest , 47.2